Experience the largest miniature train circuit in America, where tiny locomotives and landscapes bring railroads to life.

Steam turbine-powered locomotives never really caught on. Similar to gas turbine engines, steam turbines are efficient at certain rpm, and extremely inefficient at many others. At high speeds, they ...

There’s nothing more guaranteed to excite a grizzled old railway enthusiast than the sight of a steam locomotive. The original main-line rail propulsion technology still clings on in a few places, but ...

If you’ve ever wanted to own your own 105-ton steam locomotive — or perhaps a “bay window” caboose, a wooden-sided box car or a Canadian National coach car — then your time to do so may be nigh. These ...

FROM the Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen come two pamphlets “Steam Locomotive Design” by D. Patrick (London: The Draughtsman Publishing Co., Ltd. 4s.) and “Small Craft Types” ...

In 1882, Joe M. Douglas bought a small railroad from Frederick Birdsall. The railroad ran in Dayton Valley, carrying ore tailings from Gold Canyon to a nearby mill with a connection to the Carson and ...